ログインChapter 113The laughter faded slowly, leaving Aaron and Leon breathless on the bed, still tangled together in the damp sheets. The guest room felt warmer now, the heavy curtains blocking out the party lights from outside, creating a small pocket of calm after the storm. Aaron stayed hovering over Leon for a moment longer, their faces close, chests rising and falling in sync. The fake performance had been convincing—too convincing. The creaking bed, the staged moans, the dirty whispers had left a lingering heat in the air that neither of them addressed. Aaron finally rolled off to the side, lying on his back beside Leon, one arm draped casually across the younger boy’s waist as if it belonged there.They lay in silence for a beat, staring at the ceiling, processing everything that had happened. The pool humiliation, the dramatic rescue, the confrontation with Sonia and her friends, the eavesdroppers at the door, and now this strange, intimate quiet. Aaron turned his head slightly, stu
Chapter 112Aaron POV“Trust me,” I whispered, the words heavy with promise, brushing against his lips like a vow.Leon’s breath hitched under me, his body tense on the bed but not pulling away. The eavesdroppers outside were still there—I could hear the faint shuffle of shoes, a whispered “shh,” someone pressing closer to the door. They wanted a show. They wanted proof that the hockey captain and the tutor boy were the real deal, or maybe they wanted ammunition to tear it all down. Either way, we couldn’t let them hear the truth about the contract.I didn’t hesitate. I dipped my head and started kissing his neck, slow and deliberate, my lips brushing the sensitive skin just below his ear where the costume had left it bare earlier. Leon stiffened for a split second, then shivered as my mouth moved lower, sucking lightly, tasting the faint salt of pool water mixed with his own warm skin. He smelled like chlorine and that clean scent that always drove me crazy in the attic and on the ro
Chapter 111Aaron POV“Listen,” I whispered, voice rough and low, intimate in the charged space between us.My finger stayed pressed lightly against Leon’s lips for another heartbeat, feeling the warmth of his breath, the slight tremble there, the way his anger seemed to pause under my touch. The room felt smaller, the air thicker, like the whole chaotic night had narrowed down to this single moment. Leon’s eyes were locked on mine—still burning with that mix of fury and hurt, but something else flickered there too. Want. Confusion. The same pull I’d felt since the first time I cornered him in the library. My own pulse was hammering, adrenaline from the pool fight mixing with the deeper, more dangerous heat that always seemed to flare whenever he was this close.But we weren’t alone. Not really.I heard it clearly now—the faint shuffle of footsteps right outside the door. Low voices murmuring, someone trying (and failing) to stay quiet. A soft laugh. The creak of floorboards as peopl
Chapter 110Aaron POVI didn’t answer right away. The question hung in the air between us like a live wire—where were you?—and it burned hotter than the pool water still clinging to my skin. Leon stood there in the middle of the guest room, water still dripping from his soaked hair onto the plush carpet, my oversized hoodie hanging loose off his frame, the remnants of that damn dramatic costume peeking out underneath like ugly evidence of every bad decision I’d dragged him into tonight. His eyes were locked on mine, angry and hurt and demanding the truth I wasn’t ready to give. Not yet. Maybe not ever.Guilt twisted sharp in my gut. Upstairs, just minutes ago, I had been lost in alcohol and heat and bad choices—Sonia’s mouth, Tyler and Jace’s hands, the kind of reckless release that felt good in the moment but now left me feeling dirty and hollow. While Leon was being cornered, stripped, and humiliated by the pool, I was upstairs living up to every stereotype of the untouchable hockey
Chapter 109“Let’s get you dried up?” Aaron murmured, his voice low and gentle against the chaos still echoing behind them. He didn’t wait for an answer. With one last protective glance at the dispersing crowd—phones still flashing, murmurs spreading like wildfire—he guided Leon away from the pool area, arm firm around his waist. Damian gave a subtle nod from the sidelines, silently offering backup if needed, but Aaron shook his head. This part was theirs.The mansion’s interior felt like another world compared to the humid, hostile backyard. The thumping music had dulled to a distant bass, laughter and chatter bouncing off marble floors and crystal chandeliers. A few lingering partygoers stared as Aaron led Leon up the grand staircase, but no one dared approach. Aaron’s reputation—and the scene he’d just caused—carried weight.“Upstairs,” Aaron said firmly when Leon hesitated on the second step, his bandaged knees protesting with every movement. “Michael’s guest rooms are always stoc
Chapter 108This made Aaron angrier.The fury boiled up from somewhere deep, hotter than the alcohol still buzzing in his veins, sharper than any hit he’d taken on the ice. Leon was trembling against him, clutching the soaked shirt like it was armor, his bandaged knees visibly raw under the torn fabric, water dripping from his hair and mixing with the humiliation in his eyes. Aaron’s arm stayed locked around Leon’s waist, possessive and steady, a silent promise that he wasn’t letting go. Not now. Not with the entire party circling them like vultures.Sonia reduced her tone, smoothing her voice into something almost sweet as she walked toward Aaron. The crowd quieted slightly, phones still raised, hungry for the next twist. She tilted her head, eyes raking over Aaron’s wet torso and clinging shirt.“Aaron, you’re all wet now,” she said softly, reaching out as if she might touch his arm, playing the concerned girl in front of everyone.He ignored her completely. Turned instead to Leon,
Chapter 11: SUBMISSION On the outside, Leon looked like he was holding it together.On the inside, he was falling apart at every seam.Why the hell had he asked him for help? It was a disaster. Aaron was going to laugh in his face, humiliate him, and probably announce to the whole school that Leon
CHAPTER TEN: THE COST Aaron’s POVI couldn’t stop watching him limp away.Leon moved like every step cost him something… shoulders a little hunched, one hand brushing absently at the fresh bruise blooming along his cheek. The morning light hit it just right, turning the mark an ugly shade of purpl
CHAPTER NINE: BEHIND HIMThe school gates had never felt so far away.Leon walked with his head down, one foot in front of the other, focused entirely on not letting his legs give out in public. The morning air was sharp and cold against his bruised cheek. He had covered the worst of it with his co
CHAPTER EIGHT: THE EDGE Leon didn’t remember making the decision to go home. His body just moved, one foot in front of the other, carried by instinct alone.Who was he?The question chased him the entire walk back. He turned it over and over, examining it from every angle, and every time he came u







